Начиная с 4 ноября и по 4 декабря 2015 года в The central exhibition hall of the city of Moscow held a thematic art exhibition. The exposition was called "Romantic realism, Soviet painting 1925-1945."
Hype
The theme of the heritage of the Soviet Union, of course,always had a controversial and controversial character. Treat this time can be different. Here and the exhibition in the Manezh "Romantic realism" was no exception. Some critics have reproached her with a veiled sympathy for one of the bloodiest periods in Soviet history, others praised the desire to give the art of that era a new breath.
However, like any other art,Romantic realism is part of the story, and it has the right to be. The search for a new look at the propaganda culture, which is familiar to everyone, will probably never lose its relevance. This time the organization of the exhibition devoted to the theme of Soviet art was taken up by the State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO with the support of the Ministry of Culture. The main goal of this project was to visually show the essence of Soviet propaganda and to provide the public with an opportunity to see selected works of this period.
Exhibition
Конечно же, на этой экспозиции можно было to meet and work of the real giants of the Stalin era - the well-known Isaac Brodsky, director and screenwriter Sergei Gerasimov, a talented painter Alexander Laktionov. But they presented at the exhibition under the name “Romantic realism” paintings and less well-known, but no less gifted personalities - the Soviet painter and sculptor Alexander Deineka, the artist Alexander Labas - the main representatives of romantic realism. Do not fail to exhibit and the work of Russian artists Vasily Kuptsov, Nikolai Denisovsky and many other leaders of the Soviet Union.
Promise
The most interesting thing in this exhibition is in whichconditions she passed. “Romantic realism” opened simultaneously with the exhibition devoted to Orthodox Russia. Naturally, the themes of these two exhibitions are diametrically opposite. If romantic realism glorifies the spirit of the Soviet past, then the spiritual view on this subject casts doubt on all the imaginary "achievements" of the Stalin period. Through the prism of Orthodoxy, the history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is shown as struggle, deprivation, terror, and suffering and patient people living in an outstanding state. This is a story about how the country was not lucky with its ruler, a ruthless and bloody tyrant. However, the spiritual exhibition did not seek to revise the story or to submit it in its own interpretation. The main task of almost any religious movement is to exalt the martyrs. In this case, they were made by the Soviet people.
Orthodox exhibition did not seek to blackenculture of the Soviet Union. However, she still made her impression and threw a shadow on the exhibition "Romantic realism." The pictures in the next rooms have an absolutely opposite character - colorful, bright, cheerful sketches, happy happy people laughing from them. The bright future seems to flow from the canvas. So where is the truth? Which side is the truth? Is there a different opinion than these? There are many questions, the answer to which is not possible.
Spectacle
Here they are, the paintings themselves, an exhibition in the arena"Romantic Realism". It’s hard for an ordinary person to imagine or even hard to believe that these pictures, full of joy and light, were written at a time when in the basements without trial the KGB shot innocent people, and on collective farms and factories thousands of workers tried to carry out another plan. So does the writing correspond to reality? After viewing the pictures, everyone should answer this question for himself.
Организаторы выставки предлагают принимать the art of the Stalin era as a tribute to the past, as beautiful captured, unfulfilled dreams of a common, friendly, happy future, the standard of society and the state. At that exhibition and is proudly dreamy name "Romantic realism." From one canvases outstanding personalities and politicians like Stalin or Voroshilov look at us respectfully. A little distance from the walls of the exhibition center, full of energy and vitality, fervently gazing at the visitors gymnasts and gymnasts. A little further away - the majestic architecture of the time, built or conceived. If you do not remember the story, the spectacle is very impressive. All in the best traditions of Stalinist agitpropaganda.
conclusions
None of the organizers rejects the martyrhistory of their own state, but does not deny that such a past can and should be proud of ... And painting is needed in order to enjoy it, even if it does not quite truthfully describe the situation. But one way or another, romantic realism as a trend in culture has the right to exist. One has only to remember that not everything is simple that lies on the surface. As in this case.
